Although Shukman was ruthless when making poisons and harming people, he himself was very greedy for life and afraid of death. Faced with Xiahou Ninghan's cold and frosty suppression, he did not hesitate at all, and quickly said that his brother Shuxuan was ordered by the Great Khan, Going to fight on the Eastern Front.
Including the more than 700 poisonous soldiers he brought with him, he also spoke without reservation.
Xiahou Ninghan's heart sank when he heard this.
Things turned out just as she had guessed, and the terrifying monster finally appeared in full force. Although their number is only over seven hundred, not even enough to form an entire battalion, those guys are not warriors in the ordinary sense at all.
Even the Turkic soldiers, who have always been known for their bravery, cruelty and bloodthirsty nature, looked like gentle little white rabbits in front of the poisonous soldiers.
Xiahou Ninghan pondered for a moment and then asked: "What kind of medicine did you use to refine the poisonous soldiers?"
Shukman hesitated for a moment and said: "Xia Xia, I won't hide it from you. I know the name. It's a thing called soul-destroying sand, but only the young master knows how to prepare it. Soul-destroying sand It is the supreme secret technique of the Ghost Dou clan, and no one except the clan leader can master it."
"If you don't know the formula, how can you instruct the subordinates outside to refine the medicine?" Xiahou Ninghan felt that the other party was not lying about this matter, but he still had some doubts.
Shukman quickly replied: "I do know all the auxiliary materials. The refining method has also been instructed by the young master, Brother Shu Xuan, and I can basically control it. However, the core medicine is prepared by Brother Shu Xuan himself. , no one knows what’s going on.”
Xiahou Ninghan was secretly worried. For all clever poisons, the core drug introduction is the most critical part. The activation, increase and decrease of toxicity are all controlled by the drug. Without knowing the formula of the drug, it is impossible to develop the corresponding antidote.
It seems that if you want to completely eliminate the poisonous soldiers, it will ultimately fall on Ge Shuxuan.
"Let me ask you, what is Vidasni? How to detoxify it?" Xiahou Ninghan asked another important question.
Shukman knew that she had been poisoned by brother Shu Xuan's poisonous smoke last night, and was secretly wondering why Xia Hou Ninghan was still not dead after such a long time, so he couldn't help but said: "Woman, don't you feel anything?" Are you feeling unwell?"
Of course, Xiahou Ninghan understood that the other party was curious about why he was safe and sound, so he exerted force on his hand again: "Am I asking you, or are you asking me?"
Shukman was trembling with pain and said quickly: "Ask me, ask me. Vidasni is the young master's unique skill. It is specially used to deal with those with strong martial arts. It is cast in the form of poisonous smoke, no matter the mouth or nose. It will be poisonous if you inhale it or get it on your skin.”
"Where's the antidote?"
"I don't know." Shukman was afraid that Xiahou Ninghan would get anxious and kill him, so he quickly added: "But I probably know how to solve it."
Xiahou Ninghan didn't answer, but just forced the cold air into Shukman's meridians. Suddenly, Shukman felt in pain again and cried: "Young Master told me about the power of Vidasni before, so I I can vaguely guess the main formula, Grandma Heroine, please stop now and I will write you the list of antidotes."
Xiahou Ninghan let go of his hand and ordered in a deep voice: "Not only do we need to write down the antidote formula for Vidasni, but we also need the ingredients for the soul-destroying sand. You can write as much as you know, and you are not allowed to hide it!"
Shukman agreed repeatedly, climbed up from the ground tremblingly, found a pen and paper and started writing.
Xiahou Ninghan stood nearby and watched carefully. Suddenly, she pointed at a name that Shukman had just written and asked: "I know all the other drugs, what is this lead?"
"Is it lead?" Shukman was stunned for a moment and answered honestly: "It is a very rare mineral with not very wide uses. Blacksmiths in some places in the Western Continent are used to adding lead when forging weapons. You can Significantly improves the toughness of iron materials. However, because this stuff is poisonous, not everyone likes it.”
Hearing this, Xiahou Ninghan nodded slightly: "You said it is very rare, but that means that Brother Shuxuan doesn't have a lot of lead in his hand, right?"
Shukman didn't expect this woman to react so quickly. She immediately grasped the key to the problem with just one or two sentences.
He had suffered a lot and did not dare to lie again. He nodded and said, "That's true. Other poison materials are easy to find, but lead is the only one, which greatly limits the number of poison soldiers."
Xiahou Ninghan's eyes lit up, and he raised his hand and put it on Shukman's shoulder: "How much lead do you still have here? Where did you replenish it from in the past?"
Shukman was startled by her actions and said quickly: "There are still more than a dozen boxes left in Beizhao Temple, and they are all piled up in the medicine refining workshop. As for where to replenish the goods, the current batch of lead weights are all We collected them in the Western Continent and brought them here, and..."
He hesitated for a moment and said with a grimace: "In addition, I heard that there is also a lead mine in Western Xinjiang, which is the closest to here."
"Western Xinjiang?"
Shukman shook his head: "I didn't expect it to be so easy. Now the Ghost Desert in Xijiang is completely in chaos, and our young master is worried about this."
Xiahou Ninghan was very curious: "The Western Xinjiang is in chaos? What's going on? Isn't it occupied by you Turks?"
Shukman looked helplessly at Xiahou Ninghan: "Xia Xia, I'm not sure what happened there. Anyway, it's very difficult to get lead from Western Xinjiang back now."
Xiahou Ninghan smiled faintly: "Let me ask you, do you want to survive?"
"If you want to live, please be kind to the heroine."
"Well," Xiahou Ninghan said, "if you destroy those dozen boxes of weights and lead, I can spare your life."
Shukman suddenly looked embarrassed: "The weight and lead are almost becoming the lifeblood of the young master. If they are destroyed, I will not be able to escape death either."
Xiahou Ninghan's tone was very cold: "It's better to live a few more days than to die immediately. If you still have some conscience, stop doing those evil things!"
Shukman knew that the beautiful woman in front of him hated the refining of poison weapons, so he wanted to kill him more than just talk. Seeing that his life was at stake, he quickly said: "Woman, do you think this is good? Those As soon as the lead comes into contact with an open flame, its medicinal properties will be transformed. Without other materials, it only takes half an hour to burn it, and it will be completely useless. You knock me out first, and then go to the medicine refining shop. Let's light a big fire. This way, even if the young master asks about the matter later, it won't be entirely blamed on me. I swear to God that I will never hurt innocent people again, and I will only focus on practicing medicine, treating illnesses and saving people!"
Xiahou Ninghan saw that he was unwilling to destroy the lead in person, so she stopped forcing him. He reached out to put away the prescriptions on the table, turned around and cut Shukman's neck with his palm, knocking him unconscious on the spot.
There are less than two hours before dawn at this time. If we delay it any longer, it will be more likely to cause problems. Xiahou Ninghan quickly walked out of the room and went straight to the courtyard of the alchemy shop not far away. She had already found out before that except for the craftsmen refining medicine, there were no other guards here, so she broke in directly and subdued everyone in the blink of an eye.
Then, she carefully checked inside and out, and found the lead weights that Shukman had mentioned. Then she took the combustion-supporting material from the big stove, covered it on a dozen boxes, and lit them all at once.
Xiahou Ninghan was still uneasy and stuffed a lot of poison and poisonous weeds directly into the stove.
The fire was burning with poison, and a large amount of terrifying poisonous smoke instantly poured out, covering the entire courtyard and nearby houses.
In this case, even if the outer sentry found a fire in the medicine refinery, it would be impossible to put out the fire in time. When the poisonous smoke dissipates completely, not to mention more than a dozen boxes of lead, the entire medicine refining workshop will be reduced to ashes.
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Xiahou Ninghan burned down his brother Shuxuan's lair, took advantage of the chaos and left Beizhao Temple overnight, and headed northeast along the Chi Road.
She must race against time, must be ahead of her brother Shuxuan, and inform the Shengtang army that the poisonous soldiers are about to enter the battlefield, so that they can take precautions.
Although Tongguan has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and there is no way to pass it without a pass document issued by the Turks, but because the situation is very urgent, taking a long detour will definitely delay time, so Xiahou Ninghan chose the main road from west to east and hurriedly Cross the imperial capital and go straight to Tongguan.
Xia Hou Ninghan made some calculations while rushing to the roadside. She only set off a few hours later than her brother Shu Xuan's troops. Both sides were walking the same official route, but if brother Shu Xuan wanted to avoid the surveillance of the spies of the Shengtang Army and avoid the poisonous soldiers, If his secret was discovered in advance, then he could only rest in hiding during the day and accelerate the march at night. In comparison, by traveling day and night, he could overtake them halfway.
The only trouble is that Tongguan cannot be passed normally. At that time, you can only use Qinggong to climb over the cliffs and find another path to get there.
After galloping for three days and three nights, when they were about to arrive at Tongguan, Xiahou Ninghan suddenly felt that his body was a little overwhelmed. The acupuncture points on the Ren meridian that sealed off toxins were all aching. It was obviously because he had been traveling so hard and was so exhausted that his internal strength could no longer suppress the poison.
Xiahou Ninghan felt dizzy on the horse. He quickly grabbed the reins, jumped off the horse and sat on the side of the road to adjust his breathing. She knew in her heart that she had reached her limit and that Vidasni's toxicity was about to take full effect.
In fact, when she passed by the Imperial Capital the day before yesterday, she hesitated whether to take a trip to Zhongnan Mountain and go to Taiyi Palace to find her father. The two old men, Xia Houmei and Taoist Master Qingzhu, are not only strong in internal strength, but also knowledgeable. They are also masters of the apricot forest. With them here, it should not be a problem to remove the poison from their bodies.
But the matter of the poisonous soldiers was weighing heavily on Xiahou Ninghan's heart, and she really didn't dare to delay for a moment. If the Shengtang Army is notified to be on alert one day earlier, the people of the Central Plains will be safer.
However, I never expected that at this critical moment, as if God was deliberately making things difficult for me, the toxins in my body were about to explode.
